CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION.
(PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)
AUCKLAND, February 5. The Arbitration Court awarded Annie Eliza Wariington, of Opotiki, £300 compensation against the Opotiki Town Board. Claimant's husband was & surfaceman working for the Board on the road, and owned a horse and cart, for which he received extra pay, and which he was to use at his own discretion. On going to harness in the horse to take the cart home at lunch time he was kicked, and died next day. The Court'held the work was industrial work, and that the deceased woe employed by the respondents at the-time of the accident.
In the case of Stevens v Kauri Timber Company, a claim for injury to his right hand, the claimant staited he was still employed by the company, and asked for a nominal award, to prevent the lapse of his right to future paymente. The Court awarded one penny a week, the payments to be reviewed 1 when incapacity arises.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11501, 6 February 1903, Page 8
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160CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11501, 6 February 1903, Page 8
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